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98% OF AMERICANS SCREAM BEFORE GOING IN THE DITCH ON A SLIPPERY ROAD. THE OTHER 2% ARE FROM COLORADO AND THEY SAY, “HOLD MY BEER AND WATCH THIS.”
Now, you’re from Colorado if:
1. You eat ice cream in the winter.
2. It snows 5 inches and you don’t expect school to be cancelled.
3. You live above 5,000 feet
4. Sometimes Summer comes on Sunday and you can go fishing! …
5. You’ll wear flip flops every day of the year, regardless of temperature.
6. You have no accent at all, but can hear other people’s. And then you make fun of them.
7. “Humid” is over 25%.
8. Your sense of direction is: Toward the mountains and Away from the mountains.
9. You say “the interstate” and everybody knows which one.
10. You think that May is a totally normal month for a blizzard.
11. You buy your flowers to set out on Mother’s day, but try and hold off planting them until just before Father’s day.
12. You grew up planning your Halloween costumes around your coat.
13. You know what the Continental Divide is.
14. You don’t think Coors beer is that big a deal.
15. You went to Casa Bonita as a kid, AND as an adult.
16. You’ve gone off-roading in a vehicle that was never intended for such activities
17. You always know the elevation of where you are.
18. You wake up to a beautiful, 80 degree day and you wonder if it’s gonna snow later.
19. You don’t care that some company renamed it, the Broncos still play at Mile High Stadium!!!
20. Every movie theater has military and student discounts.
21. You actually know that ** South Park ** is a real place, not just a dumb show on TV.
22. You know what a ‘trust fund hippy’ is, and you know its natural habitat is Boulder, Aspen, Crested Butte, Paonia, and Telluride.
23. You know you’re talking to a fellow Coloradan when they call it “Elitches,” not “”Six Flags.”
24. A bear on your front porch doesn’t bother you.
25. Your two favorite teams are the Broncos and whoever is beating the crap out of the Raiders.
26. When people back East tell you they have mountains in their state too, you just laugh.
27. You go anywhere else on the planet and the air feels “sticky” and you notice the sky is no longer blue. Feel Free to Share if you are from Colorado